Redmond’s population has very nearly doubled since 2000. Population estimates from 2017 put Redmond at 30,011 people in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureauโup from 26,212 in 2010, and 15,515 in 2000. Tackling affordable housing Like Bend, housing affordability is a huge issue in Redmond. Redmond, however, faces a higher rate of poverty than […]
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Libraries are Equity Makers. Deschutes County Voters Should Support Their Expansion
If you need some inspiration about the benefits of libraries in modern society, you might start with 2018’s “The Library Book,” by Susan Orleanโnamed a Top 10 Book of the Year by The Washington Post. The book chronicles the hunt for a suspected arsonist in the wake of the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles […]
Redmond’s On The Rise
Housing affordability. Increased traffic. Brew culture. Bike park love. If you thought those were items unique to Bend, you’d be wrong. Redmond, Ore., has much of the same culture and some of the same issues of growth and expansion that Bend doesโand its population has grown, percentage-wise, faster than Bend over the past 18 years. […]

